The 2025 Pantry Awards

Our 73 winners prove that store-bought snacks and kitchen staples don’t have to be boring, bland, or full of junk. In fact, they can be craveable, convenient, and dare we say it—healthy.

SNACKS

Dozens of bags of popcorn later, we can confidently say these are the very best snacks of the year.

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Best Popcorn

Angie's BoomChickaPop Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn

Amazon

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Best Snack Mix

Marimix Crunch-Baked Snackmix

$21

Amazon (3-pack)

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Best Snack Bar

Kind Snacks Seeds, Fruit & Nut Bars

$10

Amazon (6-pack)

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Best Trail Mix

Second Nature Snacks Dark Chocolate Medley

Fresh Direct

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Best Nut Mix

Blue Diamond Almonds’ Almonds and More

$10

Amazon

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Best Collab

Daily Crunch Sweet & Spicy Sichuan Nut Mix

$66

Amazon (6-Pack)

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Best Seasoned Nuts

Setton Farms Dry Roasted Buffalo Wing Pistachios

Amazon

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Most Fun Healthy Snack

Gelée Passion Gelée

$24

Gelée (3-pack)

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Best Dessert Nut

Sahale Snacks Pomegranate Vanilla Cashews Glazed Mix Nut Blend

$39

Amazon (18-count)

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Best Fruit Chips

GoodSam Crispy Crunchy Fruit Chips

$49

Amazon (16-pack)

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Best Gummies

Collagelée Fruit Gummies

Collagelée

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Best Pickles

Wickles Pickles Dirty Dill Chips

Wickles Pickles

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Read the Reviews for All 2025 Snack Winners

Our editors tested dozens of bags of popcorns, nuts, gummies, and more for the 2025 Pantry Awards. These came out on top.

CHIPS AND CRACKERS

We munched on tons of crunchy, crispy things to land on the best chips and crackers of the year.

Best Flavored Potato Chip

Kroger Spicy Dill Pickle Potato Chips

Kroger

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Best Tortilla Chip

Mi Rancho 7th Street Original Corn Tortilla Chip

$20

Mi Rancho (2-pack)

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Best Umami Chip

S'noods Spicy Miso Ramen Chips

$13

S'noods (6-pack)

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Best Crisps

Little Latke Potato Latke Crisps

Little Latke

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Best Puffs

Boulder Canyon Avocado Oil Canyon Poppers, Aged White Cheddar

Instacart

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Best Charcuterie Board Cracker

Simple Mills Fine Ground Sea Salt Almond Flour Crackers

Amazon

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Best Seed Cracker

Mary's Gone Crackers Super Seed

$34

Amazon (6-pack)

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Best “Fancy” Cracker

Lesley Stowe Raincoast Crisps

Fresh Direct

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Best Cheesy Cracker

Simple Mills Pizza Pop Mmms Baked Snack Crackers

$30

Amazon

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Read the Reviews for All 2025 Chips & Crackers Winners

Our editors munched on tons of crunchy, crispy things to land on these Pantry Award winners.

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SAUCES AND BROTH

Tomatoey, tangy, or umami-packed—the best sauces make any meat, veg, or pasta sing.

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Best Marinara Sauce

Sauz Summer Lemon Marinara

$25

Amazon (2-pack)

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Best Vodka Sauce

Carmine's Vodka Sauce

Carmine's

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Best Pizza Sauce

Rao's Homemade Roasted Garlic Pizza Sauce

$24

Walmart (2-pack)

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Best Korean BBQ Sauce

Momofuku Sweet & Savory Korean BBQ Sauce

$11

Amazon

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Best BBQ Sauce

Yo Mama's Foods No Sugar Hickory BBQ

$25

Amazon (3-pack)

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Best Stir-Fry Sauce

Bowlcut Spicy Lemongrass Stir Fry Sauce

$10

Bowlcut

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Best Teriyaki Sauce

P.F. Chang's Teriyaki Sauce

Walmart

Best Bone Broth

Kettle & Fire Reduced Sodium Bone Broth

Instacart

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Tomatoey, tangy, or umami-packed—these Pantry Award winners make any meat, veg, or pasta sing.

PROTEIN SOURCES

Canned fish, jerky, snack bars, beans...who said you had to max out on yogurt?

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Best Canned Tuna

Sea Tales Albacore Tuna in Olive Oil

Walmart

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Best Tuna Salad

Wild Planet Skipjack Wild Tuna with Dill Pickle

$23

Wild Planet (6-pack)

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Best Protein Snack

Archer Beef & Cheese Mini Meat Sticks

$13

Target (16-count)

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Best Jerky

Archer Bison Jerky

Archer

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Best Sardines

Sea Tales Sardines in Spicy Tomato Sauce

Sea Tales

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Best Smoked Fish

Fishwife Smoked Rainbow Trout

$34

Amazon (3-pack)

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Best Tinned Clams

Island Creek Littleneck Clams with Confit Garlic, Chili, & Olive Oil

$22

Island Creek Oysters

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Best Protein Bar

MOSH Bars

$24

Amazon (6-count)

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Best Beans

Amy's Kitchen Organic Vegetarian Traditional Refried Beans

Amazon

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Canned fish, jerky, snack bars, beans...These Pantry Award winners prove you can chill with all the yogurt.

PASTA AND GRAINS

Actually, your box of grains can feel gourmet instead of boring—and these winners are a testament to that.

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Best Gluten-Free Pasta

Goodles Gluten-Free Pasta

$30

Amazon (6-pack)

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Best Instant Rice

Lundberg Family Farms Regenerative Organic Certified 2-Minute Jasmine Rice

Amazon

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Best Meal Starter

Paro Kitchari

$10

Paro

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Read the Reviews for All 2025 Pasta and Grains Winners

Actually, your box of grains can feel gourmet instead of boring—and these SELF Pantry Award winners are a testament to that.

BEVERAGES

Oat milk, prebiotic soda, and protein shakes—oh my.

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Best Instant Latte

Nescafé Gold Espresso Blonde Roast

Amazon

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Best Instant Coffee

Café Grumpy Instant Blends

$18

Amazon (6-pack)

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Best Cold Brew

Happy Products Cold Brew Coffee

$36

Amazon (12-pack)

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Best Shake

Koia Nutrition Shakes

$47

Amazon (12-pack)

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Best Almond Milk

Mooala Organic Simple Almond Milk

$37

Amazon (6-pack)

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Best Oat Milk

Oatly Barista Edition Oatmilk

Fresh Direct

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Best Shelf-Stable Milk

Horizon Organic Shelf Stable Organic Milk Boxes

$14

Amazon (12-pack)

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Best “Healthy” Soda

Olipop Ridge Rush

$29

Amazon (12-pack)

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Best Pistachio Milk

Elmhurst 1925 Barista Edition Pistachio Milk

$48

Amazon (6-pack)

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Best NA Beer

Bero Noon Wheat

$12

Amazon (6-pack)

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Best Seltzer

Topo Chico Mineral Water

$18

Instacart (12-pack)

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Read the Reviews for All 2025 Beverage Winners

SELF editors went down the beverage rabbit hole to find the best oat milk, prebiotic soda, protein shakes, and more for the 2025 Pantry Awards.

CONDIMENTS AND SPREADS

Including the cutest canister of olive oil, sexy ketchup, and a classic ranch.

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Best Classic Olive Oil

La Tourangelle Organic Smooth & Fruity Extra Virgin Olive Oil

$16

Amazon

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Best Flavored Olive Oil

Heraclea Infused Olive Oils

$15

Heraclea

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Best Ghee

4th & Heart Original Ghee

$11

Amazon

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Best Almond Butter

Justin's Honey Almond Butter

$12

Amazon

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Best Smooth Peanut Butter

Barney Butter Smooth Peanut Butter

Amazon

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Best Creamy Peanut Butter

Good Good Creamy Peanut Butter

$12

Amazon

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Best Veggie Spread

Good & Gather Signature Tomato, Garlic and Calabrian Chile Spread

Target

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Best Salsa Roja

Siete Casera-Style Mild Salsa Roja

$10

Amazon

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Best Salsa Verde

Mi Rancho Organic Salsa Verde

Farm Fresh to You

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Best Caesar

Primal Kitchen Caesar Dressing made with Avocado Oil

$12

Amazon

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Best Ranch

Wish-Bone Ranch Dressing

Instacart

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Best Mayo

Ayoh! Foods Sando Sauces

$10

Ayoh! Foods

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Best Ketchup

Smash Kitchen Hot Honey Ketchup

Walmart

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Best Aioli

Chosen Foods Dip & Drizzle Sauces Made with 100% Pure Avocado Oil

$23

Chosen Foods (3-pack)

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Read the Reviews for All 2025 Condiments and Spreads Winners

Including the cutest canister of olive oil, sexy ketchup, and a classic ranch—vetted by our editors for the 2025 SELF Pantry Awards.

BREAKFAST AND CEREALS

Including a pancake mix from Dolly Parton and delectable gluten-free granola.

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Best Gluten-Free Granola

Jane Foodie Gluten-Free Almond Pecan & Coconut Dark Chocolate Granola

$15

Jane Foodie

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Best Granola

Good & Gather Banana Nut Granola

Target

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Best Cereal

Cheerios Veggie Blends

Amazon

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Best Protein Pancake Mix

Kodiak Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix

Fresh Direct

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Best Oats

Seven Sundays Protein Oats

$16 $15 (6% off)

Amazon

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Best Pancake Mix

Dolly Parton's Buttermilk Pancake Mix

Amazon

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Read the Reviews for All 2025 Breakfast and Cereal Winners

These 2025 Pantry Award winners gave our editors a very good reason to get out of bed.